Haig at 15:16, 24 June 2026

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<div id="mp-welcome"><h1>Welcome to the Lebanese Biodiversity Information Platform (LBIP)</h1></div>
<div id="articlecount">A total of {{#expr:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}-1}} species recorded to date</div>
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<h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" class="mp-h2">About the project</h2>
<div id="mp-tfa" class="mp-contains-float">'''LBIP''' is a [[LBIP:About#What is "peer-review"?|peer-reviewed]] [[LBIP:About#What is "citizen-science" or "crowdsourcing"?|citizen-science]] project launched in 2026 after more than a year of careful offline preparation.

The objective of this initiative is to document the biodiversity of Lebanon and build an [[LBIP:About#Why open-access?|open-access]] database of the Lebanese [[:Category:Animalia|fauna]], [[:Category:Plantae|flora]] and [[:Category:Fungi|funga]], but also the rich [[:Category:Fossils|fossil]] record. By making this information freely available, we aim to support scientific research, education, and conservation efforts.

Through this project and other future activities, we are working on raising awareness and promoting appreciation for our natural heritage.
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<h2 id="mp-dyk-h2" class="mp-h2">How to contribute</h2>
<div id="mp-dyk" class="mp-contains-float">Everyone is welcome to contribute to the project. We invite experts, researchers, photographers, and nature enthusiasts to join our collective effort.
* If you want to contribute by writing articles and sharing photos, you are invited to [[Special:CreateAccount|create an account]].<br>You can also send your unidentified photos to the relevant [[LBIP:Contact_list#Experts|volunteer experts]] who will gladly help you identify the species.
* If you noticed inaccuracies about a species, please [mailto:report@lbip.org report] the details of the error, along with links to the references you consulted so we can keep the database reliable.
For more info, please read our [[Help:Contributor's Guide|Contributor's Guide]].
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<categorytree mode="categories" depth="0">Species by taxonomy</categorytree>
<categorytree mode="categories" depth="0">Species by habitat</categorytree>
<categorytree mode="categories" depth="0">Species by conservation status</categorytree>
<categorytree mode="categories" depth="0">Plants & fungi by use</categorytree>
<categorytree mode="categories" depth="0">Plants & fungi by toxicity</categorytree>
<categorytree mode="categories" depth="0">Snakes by risk</categorytree></div>
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